Tag Archives: Desmond Kinney

New Kinney mosaic mural – Tír na nÓg / Oisín and Niamh

Posted on 04/07/2017 by Richard Marsh

Among the late Desmond Kinney’s mosaic murals are the 1974 Setanta or Táin Wall (it’s the banner above; see that page on this blog) and the 1987 Sweeney Astray / Mad Sweeney (see the “Buile Shuibhne mural destroyed” entry on … Continue reading →

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Buile Shuibhne mural destroyed

Posted on 26/07/2013 by Richard Marsh

Sweeney Astray, the mosaic mural at the Irish Life Centre on Abbey Street in Dublin, by Desmond Kinney, the same artist who made the Setanta Wall pictured above, was seriously damaged by a storm in February. When I saw it … Continue reading →